Given name
Shemariah
“protected by God”
Shemariah is a variant of Samara. One Hebrew interpretation is “protected by God.”
Original Hebrewשמריה
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shemariah is a variant of Samara. One Hebrew interpretation is “protected by God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shemariah is a variant of Samara. An origin associated with Samara is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb shamar (שמר), “to keep or guard.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Shemariah appears in 1 Chronicles 12:5.
From biblical name research
Shemariah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 0 boys · 34 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shemariah’s family of names
Shemariah has a related form in Samara.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 11
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Samariashares a root
- Shamirshares a root
- Shamershares a root
- Shomershares a root
- Shimronshares a root
- Shimrithshares a root
- Shimrishares a root
- Shimrathshares a root
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